“On Jordan's Stormy Banks”

“On Jordan’s Stormy Banks” performed by the Carson Male Chorus, ca. 1930s.

“Protest Day 4 of the RNC" flyer

“Protest Day 4 of the RNC" flyer

A flyer advertising a rally held on September 4, 2008, at the Minnesota State Capitol and sponsored by the Anti-War Committee. The rally took place during the 2008 Republican National Convention, held in St. Paul at the Xcel Energy Center, at a time of elevated conflict in Iraq.

Color image of a“Red Bull” in Al Naumyah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, 2006.

“Red Bull” in Al Naumyah, Al Anbar province, Iraq

A soldier in Bravo Co., Second Battalion, 136 Infantry Regiment (2-136) surveys the area in Al Naumyah, Al Anbar province, Iraq during operation Sledgehammer, December 2006. Photograph by the Minnesota National Guard.

“School Bus”

“School Bus”

Gene Ritchie Monahan’s “School Bus,” 1964. Oil on canvas. 48 x 40. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Color poster promoting school gardening programs, c.1918.

“School Garden Army” poster

Poster promoting school gardening programs, c.1918.

Sign made by student Isabel Dobier and used during the Minnesota High School Walkout and March For Our Lives (organized to draw attention to gun violence in schools) at the Minnesota State Capitol on March 7, 2018.

“Schools Are for Learning” protest sign

Sign made by student Isabel Dobier and used during the Minnesota High School Walkout and March For Our Lives (organized to draw attention to gun violence in schools) at the Minnesota State Capitol on March 7, 2018.

“Seal of Minnesota” poem

“Seal of Minnesota” poem

“The Seal of Minnesota,” a poem by Mary Henderson Eastman. Originally printed in the Minnesota Pioneer, February 20, 1850, 2.

“Serve Ye the Lord”

“Serve Ye the Lord” performed by the Carson Male Chorus, ca. 1930s. Used with the permission of Glenn Wiebe.

“Ski Antics of 1952” event program

“Ski Antics of 1952” event program

Waterskiing shows have been a mainstay of the Aquatennial from the early years to the present. A poignant indicator of the shifting views towards women in Postwar America, Aquatennial programs shifted from “pinup” style covers to illustrations of boats and Minneapolis skylines in the early 1960s. Minneapolis Aquatennial Souvenir Program Collection, Call # F.613.M93 M52. Used with the permission of the Hennepin County History Museum

“Social” scale of patient progress

“Social” scale of patient progress

“Social” scale of patient progress used to evaluate participants in the University of Minnesota’s Transsexual Research Project. Donald W. Hastings, MD, and Colin Markland, MD, “Post-Surgical Adjustment of Twenty-Five Transsexuals (Male-to-Female) in the University of Minnesota Study,” Archives of Sexual Behavior 7, no. 4 (1978), 332. From the Transgender Informational Files, 1941–2014, in the Transgender Research Guide (Tretter-357), Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies, University of Minnesota.

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